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Talking With Your Doctor About Pharmaceutical Company Payments

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ProPublica's Dollars for Docs database lets people search for payments to healthcare professionals made by 15 pharmaceutical companies, which account for about 47 percent of U.S. drug sales. The database includes the following payment record:

Payee: PADMANABHAN, A

Amount paid: $27

Company paying: Pfizer

Payment for: Meals

Listed practitioner: A PADMANABHAN

Location: FRESNO, Calif.

Reported: Jan. to Dec. 2010

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For additional information on Pfizer's notable drugs

Pfizer provides a list of all of its drugs at http://www.pfizer.com/products/#D. To read how Pfizer describes its relationship with healthcare professionals, read more at: http://www.pfizer.com/responsibility/working_with_hcp/payments_to_hcp.jsp.